That, in turn, can loose a whole bale of details, such as that the 1882 Kentucky Derby happened on the third Tuesday of May rather than the first Saturday; that the starter used a kettle drum; that one ham in the refreshment stand yielded 2,000 sandwiches, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal; and that one of the 14 horses wound up identified as “the Pat Malloy colt.” It also does the important work of reminding that the Derby used to specialize in African American jockeys before the sport heinously and inanely drove them away.

One such name: Babe Hurd.

“Hurd’s birth name may be lost to history, but his equestrian skills survive,” reads the Kentucky African American Encyclopedia, edited by Gerald L. Smith, Karen Cotton McDaniel and John A. Hardin. On May 16, 1882, Hurd, then 15, after first racing at 13 for a former Maryland governor, Oden Bowie, became one of 11 African American jockeys to win 15 Kentucky Derbies between 1875 and 1902.

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You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.

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You wonder, as those fans wearing the Tulowitzki and Donaldson jerseys try to tell Trent Thornton from Clayton Richard from Daniel Hudson, whether Rogers might have some second thoughts about all this.

When your team is plainly not trying to win, why should you expect your customers to care?

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“I watched on the TV over by the jock’s room because I watched the 11th race on that TV and my horse [Restoring Hope] won. So, I said, ‘Yeah, I’m going back to that TV,” Servis said. “When he broke and Luis decided to go and it looked like he was going to get the lead by himself. I said, ‘That’s good.’ Then, I saw 24 [seconds] and I said, ‘Well, that’s good.’ Then, I saw his ears up and I saw the 48.8 or something, I said, ‘This is good,’ because I know he’s going kick. I said, ‘This is really good.’

“Luis walked the dog. He backed them up. I have to give him credit. I think it had a lot to do with it,” he added. “I’m not downgrading the horse, but Luis did a great job.”

How did Maximum Security get such slow uncontested fractions much slower than the Oaks fractions.

What can you learn from a race where the lone speed set slow fractions and then held on with the closers unable to make up ground.

Does Mott know how to say Pay Day Mile and ask Pat to come back and give his horse a decent trip.

With all due deference to Steve Haskins and the Sundre other Derby Dozen pickers their Derby Dozens have been poached, boiled, scrambled, fried and deviled, with Mr. Arnold waiting in the wings. Phil can’t remember seeing such an inconsistent group of 3 year olds on the Triple Crown Trail. None of the contenders and pretenders look capable of winning the Triple Crown and from the last few races Phil’s not sure if we’ll have a 2019 Kentucky Derby winner.